diff --git a/receptor/connection/manager.py b/receptor/connection/manager.py
index f0885d6f..9f9c3537 100644
--- a/receptor/connection/manager.py
+++ b/receptor/connection/manager.py
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ def get_listener(self, listen_url):
     def get_peer(self, peer):
         service = parse_peer(peer)
         if service.scheme == "receptor":
-            return sock.connect(service.hostname, service.port, self.factory, self.loop)
+            self.loop.create_task(sock.connect(service.hostname, service.port, self.factory, self.loop))
         elif service.scheme in ("ws", "wss"):
-            return ws.connect(peer, self.factory, self.loop)
+            self.loop.create_task(ws.connect(peer, self.factory, self.loop))
diff --git a/receptor/controller.py b/receptor/controller.py
index 7658b6be..3a9547da 100644
--- a/receptor/controller.py
+++ b/receptor/controller.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def enable_server(self, listen_urls):
             logger.info("Serving on %s", url)
             self.loop.create_task(listener)
 
-    async def add_peer(self, peer):
+    def add_peer(self, peer):
         logger.info("Connecting to peer {}".format(peer))
-        await self.loop.create_task(self.connection_manager.get_peer(peer))
+        self.connection_manager.get_peer(peer)
 
     async def recv(self):
         inner = await self.receptor.response_queue.get()
diff --git a/receptor/entrypoints.py b/receptor/entrypoints.py
index 9e7d396b..a4d6d85c 100644
--- a/receptor/entrypoints.py
+++ b/receptor/entrypoints.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async def node_keepalive():
     if not config.node_server_disable:
         controller.enable_server(config.node_listen)
     for peer in config.node_peers:
-        controller.loop.create_task(controller.add_peer(peer))
+        controller.add_peer(peer)
     if config.node_keepalive_interval > 1:
         controller.loop.create_task(node_keepalive())
     controller.loop.create_task(controller.receptor.watch_expire())
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def ping_iter():
 
     async def ping_entrypoint():
         read_task = controller.loop.create_task(read_responses())
-        await controller.add_peer(config.ping_peer)
+        controller.add_peer(config.ping_peer)
         start_wait = time.time()
         while not controller.receptor.router.node_is_known(config.ping_recipient) and (time.time() - start_wait < 5):
             await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def send_pings():
 def run_as_send(config):
     async def send_entrypoint():
         read_task = controller.loop.create_task(read_responses())
-        await controller.add_peer(config.send_peer)
+        controller.add_peer(config.send_peer)
         start_wait = time.time()
         while not controller.receptor.router.node_is_known(config.ping_recipient) and (time.time() - start_wait < 5):
             await asyncio.sleep(0.1)